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General cancer statistics
South Australian statistics
- 25 South Australians are diagnosed with cancer each day.
- 8,988 new cases of cancer were diagnosed in South Australia in 2007 (396 more cases than in 2006). 5,088 cases were among males while 3,900 were among females.
- 3,466 deaths from cancer were recorded in South Australia in 2007 (30 more deaths than in 2006). 1,965 cancer deaths were recorded among males while 1,501 cancer deaths were recorded among females.
- The most common cancers in males was prostate, colorectal and lung cancer.
- The most common cancers in females was breast, colorectal and lung cancer.
- The most common cause of cancer death in males was lung cancer followed by prostate cancer and then colorectal cancer.
- The most common cause of cancer death in females was breast cancer followed by lung cancer and then colorectal cancer.
- Incidence Projections for 2010: the number of new cases of cancer in South Australia in 2010 is expected to be 9,400.
- Source: Cancer in South Australia 2007 – with projections to 2010 – published by the Australian Cancer Registry 2010.
Source: Cancer in South Australia 2007 – with projections to 2010 – published by the Australian Cancer Registry 2010.
Australian statistics
- 1 in 2 men and 1 in 3 women will experience cancer before the age of 85 (1 in 3 men and 1 in 4 women by the age of 75).
- 104,592 new cases of cancer were diagnosed in Australia in 2006.
Incidence projections 2006-2010
- The number of new cases is expected to grow by 3,090 case per year among males and 1,926 per year among females.
- In 2006 there were 2,400 more cases of cancer than in 2005 (1,812 among males and 588 among females).
- 39,276 deaths from cancer were recorded in Australia in 2006. Cancer is the leading cause of death in Australians.
Mortality projections 2006-2010
- The number of deaths from cancer is projected to increase by 836 among males per year and 392 per year among females.
- In 2006 there were 179 more cancer deaths than in 2005 among males and 43 more cancer deaths among females.
The most common cancers in Australia in 2006 (excluding non-melanoma skin cancer) were:
o prostate cancer (17,444 new cases)
o colorectal cancer (13,591 cases)
o female breast cancer (12,614)
o melanoma (10,326) and
o lung cancer (9,563).
The most common cancers in males were:
o prostate (17,444 new cases)
o colorectal (7,432)
o melanoma (6,051)
o lung (6,030)
o lymphoma (2,518).
The most common cancers in females were:
o breast (12,614 new cases)
o colorectal (6,159)
o melanoma (4,275)
o lung cancer (3,533)
o lymphoma (1,961).
The most common cause of cancer death in males was:
o lung cancer (4,665 deaths)
o prostate (2,952)
o colorectal (2,126)
o cancers of unknown primary site (1,993) and
o pancreatic (1,047).
The most common cause of cancer death in females was:
o lung (2,683 deaths)
o breast cancer (2,618)
o cancers of unknown primary site (1,917)
o colorectal (1,675)
o pancreatic (1,029).
- The survival rate for many common cancers has increased by more than 30 per cent in the past two decades.
- Cancer costs $2.7 billion in direct health system costs.
- In 2004/05 10 per cent of all hospital admissions were cancer-related and increased by 4.5 per cent a year from 2000/01 to 2004/05.
Sources: AIHW, Cancer in Australia: an overview 2006, 2007, ABS, Cancer mortality 2004, AIHW, Cancer incidence projections 2001-2011, 2005
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